Claims: According to MAC Cosmetics website their eye shadow is, "Highly pigmented powder. Applies evenly, blends well."
Actual Experience: My overall experience with MAC Eye Shadows has been fairly good. They come in seven different finishes: Matte (no frost, no shimmer, flat), frost (frosty, shimmery, sheen finish), satin (between a matte and frost finish), veluxe pearl (shimmery but not as shimmery as a frost), lustre (glittery, chunky, not much colour pay off), velvet (wash of sheer colour with a hint of shimmer), and veluxe (similar to veluxe pearl but with less shimmer). I am not a huge fan of MAC's mattes or lustres. The mattes do not always have the best colour pay off and the lustres are chunky, hard to work with and have a lot of fall out. All of the other formulas are pigmented, apply easily, and last all day (especially over an eyelid primer).
Buy or Avoid: Buy any formula except for mattes or lustres. Urban Decay also makes excellent eye shadows, and all of their finishes, in my opinion, perform equally well. However, they are a bit pricier than MAC eye shadows when bought individually. They do have some nice palettes to choose from, such as the cult favorite Naked Palette. When bought in palette form they are an excellent bang for your buck!
This product was bought with my own money
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